Fare and transfer ticket.



J. L. D'ONNBLLY.

PARE AND TRANSFER TICKET.

APPLICATION NLED SEPT. 26, 1911.

MMA, @Hof/"Ma rHE NoRR/s PETERS co., PHOTOYLITHO., WASHING ION, D. C,

- manner deprive the railwaycomp'any of the nniTnD sTATns JAMES L.DONNELLT, or PHILADELPHIA, rniviisYLvANIA.

FARE AND TRANSFER TICKET. f

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 20,1914.

Application filed September 26, 1311. Serial No. 651,416.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES L. DoNNnLLY,citizen of the United States, v'residing' at Philadelphia, ini-thecounty of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, vhave invented certainnew andv useful Improvements `in Fare and Transfer Tickets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to transfer ticket` systems designed primarilyfor use by Street railway companies, and the primary aim of theinvention is to prevent peculation onr the part of the railway employeesand at the same time to enable passengers to secure a rebate.

It is customary for street ,railway companies to ysell tickets at areducedrate when a number of tickets are provided at a time, forexample, at the rate of six for twentyfive cents when the regular singlefare is i-ive'cents, but underthis system a dishonest employee couldsubstitute tickets for the cash fares collectedy by him, and in thisprofits which would i otherwise Iaccrue to them through the collectionyof cash fares.

Thefpresent invention, therefore, aims toy provide transferticket systemby which vkpeeulation on the part of employees may be to himself.

prevented, and at the Sametime the passengers will receive va rebate,equivalent to the amount saved by them in purchasingl thev f ,view of anexcess check used in connection 4with the ticket shown in Figs. l and 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription andindicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing bythe same reference characters'.4

The invention contemplates, as before stated, the provision yof avtransfer ticket and an excess check, and of these two the trans, ferticket is shown in Figs. lxand Qf'of the.k

drawing, and is indicated in general by the reference numeral l,` itbeing perforated as at 2 to form a coupon 3 which may be readilydetached from the body of the ticket. Upon the body of thev transferticket near thereof there are printed the wordsFractional-transferticket, as 'indicated by the numeral 4, and below thesewords the name ofl the comp-any 'issuing the transfer tickets,

as indicated at 5. Below the name of the company thereis printedastatement 6 substantiallyvas follows This yfractional ticket y denotesthe yvalue of 5/6 ofa cent. :Five of the top ATENT onnicn.

these tickets will ibe :accepted p as one fare, provided the requirednumberv be "presented with'ffive cents, upon the receipt '.ofwhichtheconductor will furnish the yholder with van excessjcheck which inturn maybe .ten-u deredeas fare. This statement-is followed by afacsimilesignatureofthe president' or other oiicer of the company,"asindicated by the numeral 7.

thereis printed a statement as follows A punch markiabove the red linedenotesn Belowszthis signature vP. M. hour and belowthe red line, A. `MQj hour. v'Void one hourafter time canceled,

as at 8.- Columns 9 above` `the words Frac-'Q` tional transfer ticketare dividedby vertical lines 10 `into spaces upon which are; y

printe'dnumerals indicating the days of any monthyas indicated `atll.`At theright of the words Fractional ,transfer-ticket there is printedthe number ofy the ticket, as at 12, and the months ofthe year areprinted as at 13 in a vertical column atkthe extreme right ofthe ticket.TheV ticket is divided byy printed lines at its lower edge, into aktransversely extending series of spaces 14 inl which are printednumerals 15 indicating the hours of any day, there being also printedupontheface of the ticket aline 16 in red or some other-distinctivecolor and y f this line `,extends through the entire series of thehourindicating numerals 15.

Upon'vthe corresponding face of ythedef tachable coupon 8 there isprinted at the top,

thereof, the name of the division issuing"` the transfer ticket, as forexample Baker street division, as at'17vinFig. 1 ofthe drawing, andbelow the name 17 the words Transfer coupon, as indicated at 18.y ,Thek

number of the ticket is printed as at 19 immediatelyybelow the wordsTransfer cou pon and below the number there is printed,l

upon `rthesaid face of the ticket'a statement .20, substantially asfollows: This coupon `denotes that the entire ticket is a transfer.;y

11o fr Void if detached. See other side. The year is printed as at 21 atthe bottom of the coupon 3 directly opposite the left hand endV of theseries of hour indicating figures 15. The words Not transferable and astatement of the points at which the transfer is valid, are printed uponthe opposite side of the body of the ticket, as shown at 22 in Fig. 2 0fthe drawing, and upon this side of the transfer coupon, may be printedany qualifying statements relating to the use of the transfer tickets. y

'Ihe excess check employed in connection with the transferk ticket isshown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing and has printed upon one face the wordsExcess check, as indicated at 23. rIhefe is also printed upon this face'of the excess check the name of the railway division and the companyusing` the excess checks' and transfer tickets, as indicated at Q4, andalsoa statement 25 substantially as follows This excess check denotes`the value of five cents and upon its presentation as fare', theconductor will furnish the holder with one fractional ticket. Thisstatement is followed by a facsimile signature ofthe president orotherioflicer of the company. Supposing the regular cash fare to be fivecents,` the fractional transfer ticket and eX- cess check are used inthe following manner. Should a passenger desire to ride at the rate of4-1/6I cents (the actual fare) when the passenger takes advantage of thelrebate offered by the railway company, ie pays the conductor five centsand the conductor will then furnish him with a fracf tional ticket,minus the transfer coupon. On

the other hand if the passenger should desire a transfer, he should so`inform the conductor and upon receipt of five cents the conductor willfurnish the passenger with a fractional transfer ticket, that is thefractionalv ticket with the transfer coupon attached. Before handingthis .entire ticket to the passenger the conductor will punch thereonthe month, date, and hour.

It will be understood that a passenger obtaining a transfer willfnct beallowed a rebate, nor could he use the fractional part or body of histicket as av rebate even if the transfer coupon should be detached, forthe reason that the punch marks in the said fractional part of thetra-nsfer ticket would indicate that the same. was issued-as atransfer.` As before stated, it is an aim of the invention to obviatethe use of transfery privileges accordedpassengers, and this isaccomplished by the use of the fractional transfer ticket, inasmuch asit would not be likely that a passenger wouldpay for la transfer whichhe does not need and then give the transfer to some other person. v

The purpose of the excess check is to keep a record of the 4fractionaltickets pre sented as fare, and this is done in the following manner:Vhen a passenger tenders live of the fractional transfer tickets t0-gether with five cents in cash, the conductor will accept the fivefractional transfer tickets as a full fare, andl will at the same timegive to the passenger one of the excess checks shown in Fig, 3. Thischeck is acceptable as a full fare, and upon receipt thereof, from thepassenger, at any subsequent time, the' conductor will give the pas`senger a fractie-nal transfer ticket either punched for use as atransfer or not punched and with the transfer coupon detached.

It will be understood' that by employing the excess checks, theconductors are compelled to register the fractional tickets receivedfrom passengers, and peculation in this manner is prevented.

It will be observed that a conductor must return to the company nvecents for each fractional transfer ticket and excess check4 issued byhim.

Having thusl described the invention what n is claimed as new is 1. Incombination, a ticket having a detachable portion, the ticket havingthereon data indicating that when the said portion is detached theticket will have a rebate value and that whenthe ticket is issued withthe said portion attached the ticket will constitute a transfer, and"`an excess check having4 thereon data indicating that it is acceptable asfare and has a value' equal to the regular fare plus the rebate value ofthe iirstanentio-ned ticket.

2; In combination, a ticket bearing data indicating that whentissuedwithout cancellation of ay certain portion thereof the entire ticketwill constitute a transfer" and thatwhen the ti cket is issued' withcancellation of said portion the remainder of the ticket will have arebate value, and an excess check having a value iny excessv of theregular fare to be paid, the rebate ticket having a value equal to thevalue of the excess check in excess of the regular fare to be'paid.

3. In combination, a rebate ticket having a valuel equalto fraction ofthe regular cash fare and acceptable, in predetermined numbers as fare,and an excess checkl purchasable at the time of tendering a number ofthe rebate tickets, as fare, the said excess check having a value equalto the full cash fare.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presenceV of two witnesses.

,Vj JAMES L. DONNELLY. [ns] Witnesses:

MAmninn'rrray Voor, GEORGE A. OODMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each,` Uyaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

Itis hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,114,344, grantedOctober 20,

1914, upon the application of James L. Donnelly, of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, Jfor an improvement in Fare and Transfer Tickets, an errorappears in the printed speeitoation requiring correction as follows:Page 2, line 56, for the Word use read abuse; and that the said LettersPatent Should be read with this correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of December, A. D., 1914.

` [SEAL] J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Oovnm/ssz'onerof Patents.

